Bmw to build the X1 compact SUV in China

Through its joint-venture with Brilliance Auto, BMW will be assembling a series of models in China, according to a report by Gasgoo. The cars to be built there include the BMW X1 compact SUV, the BMW 1-Series and the stretched version of the BMW 3-Series.

At the Geneva Motor Show, BMW chairman and CEO Norbert Reithofer announced that the X1 would be the third model to be built at the Chinese facility. Earlier this year, BMW Brilliance halted the 3 Series’ production to expand the production site’s capacity. It compensated by importing the model.
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TrueAutoSpy - 3/11/2010 3:31:08 AM

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"the stretched version of the BMW 3-Series"

Wouldn't that be the 5-Series?

fatandsassy - 3/11/2010 9:41:08 AM

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OH look a copy of the Honda Crosstour. This thing is just ugly. Some cars should just not be built

pennfootball - 3/11/2010 10:57:11 AM

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Ho Chi Minn will be so proud! Me Chinese Me Play Joke Me put Rice in your BMW's choke.

theoptimisticpessimist - 3/11/2010 12:42:26 PM

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Nice racism.

Yonder7 - 3/11/2010 11:43:22 AM

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What I said about "German" cars comming from China?...hopefuly it will drive as a German designed car.

AgentOrange - 3/11/2010 2:27:59 PM

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Yah - hopefully BMWs built in China will drive as well as the BMWs built in Germany by mainly Turkish migrant labourers..

BMWRU - 3/11/2010 1:30:05 PM

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It should drive just like its German counterparts; Chinese-made Audi sure drive just like the German ones. Even the Bora (Jetta) drove just like the Bora made in Germany.

BMWRU - 3/11/2010 1:33:48 PM

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However, might I add, German-made mers drove just like the Chinese-made mers, with the former being made in China to begin with.

BMWRU - 3/11/2010 1:42:16 PM

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Correct me if i am wrong, I thought Ho Chi Minh is a Vietnamese, unless he recently naturalized into a Chinese citizenship. May he rest in peace.
Maybe it was the almighty Chairman Mao you were referring to.
"Chairman Mao will be so proud! Wo Chinese wo Play Joke wo put Rice in ni BMW's choke." - from the admirer of Chairman Mao, Comrade pennfootball, 2010

Yonder7 - 3/11/2010 3:13:16 PM

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LOL... Ho Chi Minh Chinese...Google it...or Wikipedia.com.

david999 - 3/11/2010 9:40:31 PM

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As long as they don't try to import them into North America.